One Nigeria: How Governor Mbah is leading the Azikiwe dream

By Majeed Dahiru 

A fewer weeks to his inauguration as governor of Enugu authorities connected May 29 2023, I had my archetypal gathering with Peter Mbah on with a fewer different workfellow media personalities.

The meeting, which was astatine the lawsuit of my bully friend, member and possibly 1 of Nigeria’s champion media relations guru, Uche Anichukwu, held astatine the Abuja Transcorp Hilton. Present astatine the gathering was besides my bully person Ifeanyi Ossai, past lawman governor- elite of Enugu state. For galore years, I person been profoundly connected to the governmental enactment of Enugu authorities to the grade that the authorities has go my 2nd ‘’state of origin’’. And successful these years, I person travel to admit a enactment worth strategy that is firmly hinged connected a heavy transportation betwixt the governmental leaders and the radical of Enugu state. In my adjacent enactment with starring lights of Enugu authorities specified arsenic erstwhile Governor Ifeanyi Uguwanyi , erstwhile Deputy Senate President Ike Ekwerenmadu, erstwhile location of typical members Patrick Asadu and Toby Okechukwu among galore others, I person travel to the realization that if determination is 1 authorities successful Nigeria wherever ideology is genuinely enactment successful advancement past it is my 2nd location state.

But passim my years of engagement successful Enugu affairs, I ne'er met Peter Mbah, who by past was engaged carving a niche successful the ecosystem of Nigeria’s organized backstage arsenic a starring subordinate successful the lipid and state manufacture arsenic the president of Pinnacle until the Abuja meeting. At the meeting, Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, a lawyer, concern antheral and person who antecedently served arsenic main of unit successful the medication of erstwhile politician Chimaroke Nnamani, successful a precise calm, composed and stoic mien, took america done his imaginativeness for the state. In fact, helium reiterated his run promises including the instauration of a 30billion dollar economy, resuscitation of municipality h2o supply, ending beryllium astatine home, upgrading of wellness facilities and astir importantly the gathering of astute schools to usher Enugu children into a aboriginal that is today. Listening keenly to this gentleman, I saw a serous minded antheral who means the concern of governance.

Satisfied that Peter Mbah knew precisely what helium wanted to bash arsenic governor, I decided to quip successful a small proposition connected the request for him to tally a authorities that should beryllium inclusive of each Nigerians nonmigratory successful the authorities irrespective of ethnicity and religion, particularly fixed the information that Enugu was the erstwhile determination superior of the aged Eastern Region. I specifically made this proposition to the incoming governor, due to the fact that of the wide cognition that the Igbo radical of Nigeria are not accommodating of different groups arsenic they are accommodated extracurricular their eastbound heartland location portion and this contented is often weaponized against idiosyncratic politicians seeking the highest bureau successful the onshore from 1 of Nigeria’s astir important sections. As I made this appeal, Governor Peter Mbah, an different straight-faced antheral with an expressionless mien, fto retired a grin of appreciation without saying a word. Little did I cognize that I was preaching Catholicism to the Bishop of Rome.

The caller contention surrounding the abandonment of a multi-billion naira declaration for the operation of Governor Mbah’s astute schools crossed the state, which was awarded to Olasijibomi Ogundele, a Lagos based Yoruba spot developer has intelligibly revealed Peter Mbah arsenic a detribalized cookware Nigerian nationalist who is starring and surviving retired the imaginativeness of the Great Zik of Africa of 1 agreed Nigerian federation of citizens distant from a fractured state of disunited tribesmen. After each it each began successful 1952, erstwhile Nnamdi Azikiwe’s NCNC enactment threw up Mallam Umaru Altine, a Hausa speaking Muslim from bluish Nigeria, who was nonmigratory successful Enugu metropolis arsenic the Mayor of the determination superior of the Nigeria’s Igbo homeland; a feat successful nationalist integration that has remained a notation constituent successful nationalist unity for much than fractional a century.

This commentary is not astir the concern quality betwixt Brethren Olasijibomi Ogundele and Enugu authorities authorities but much astir the information that Governor Peter Mbah has shattered the story oregon if you similar the fallacy and falsehood astir Ndigbo not being accommodating of others arsenic they privation others to accommodate them. By entrusting immoderate ...